Comments on: Nonsense forum posts without links

by: PromoGuy

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:05:48 +0000

I just found your site looking for phpbb spam solutions (just started a board and wanted to be pro-active about it)

Thanks for creating a blog on this topic, very helpful.

I notice a lot of comment spam was eliminated in MT when I notched up the built-in spam tools. Any post with a URL is tagged. That gets 95% of them, though I wish I could alow users to enter URLs in comment. Its a price to pay, but it helped a lot.

by: Omry

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:51:26 +0000

Hi,
I encountered the same crap, I think they are trying to untrain spam filters, or tire us into accepting their junk spam.

by: Dan

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:08:57 +0000

It’s a bot. Google both of the usernames. Check the profile carefully for a URL in the signature or home page field; if it’s not there now, it WILL come in the near future. The joys of profile spam …

Rule #465: if someone goes out of their way to say they’re from the US in their first contact with you, they’re not.

by: Brian Turner

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:13:35 +0000

Seen a few of those already - most didn’t even bother attempting as much information, but the key phrase is asking how to post or PM.

by: IncrediBILL

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:18:01 +0000

Makes sense to spam without it looking like spam, fly under the radar, then launch the real spam after you’re sure it sticks.